RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3)                      FreeBSD Library Functions Manual

NAME
     rpc_gss_get_mech_info - Get extra information about a security mechanism

LIBRARY
     RPC GSS-API Authentication Library (librpcsec_gss, -lrpcsec_gss)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

     const char **
     rpc_gss_get_mech_info(const char *mech, rpc_gss_service_t *service);

DESCRIPTION
     This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file
     /etc/gss/mech and queries it for its capabilities.

PARAMETERS
     mech         The mechanism to search for

     service      If the mechanism is found, the maximum supported service
                  type is returned in *service

RETURN VALUES
     If the mechanism is found, a list of the supported qualities of
     protection is returned, otherwise NULL.

SEE ALSO
     gssapi(3), rpc(3), rpcset_gss(3)

HISTORY
     The rpc_gss_get_mech_info function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6        January 26, 2010        FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6